Judy can defend
herself Slade, but as a third party observing the goings on here, I see no
hatred. She knows what she believes and you know what you believe.
Neither of you will change until you get to Heaven and learn all the things
you don't know now.
There have been at least three people on this
forum who have been far FAR more antagonistic, but many of her posts seem to
be angry or hateful. For instance, the first post from Bill was attacked and
he was accused of having constructed his own god without a dialog. Why? Why
not dialogue to determine his stance on things instead of running to the
nastiest conclusion?
You and
Lance should respect what Terry says Slade. Not only is he probably
your elder, he has understanding and this is why he can say there is no
hatred. He and I don't see every jot and tittle eye to eye but are OK with the
basics and I have no doubt we listen to the same Holy
Spirit.
I
would like to point out that countless people have been led to Christ by
people without any understanding of Greek or Hebrew, and with no mention of
the torah. The Lord has used me to accomplish that with a few, and I am
not even skilled in English. If not for the working of the Holy Spirit,
I would be lost and those that I have shared the Gospel with would be
lost. If Greek and Hebrew and higher education and tradition are your
thing, go for it, but just because you find it interesting as a Jewish
scholar, please do not assume that it is necessary for a backwoods
gentile. God has done very well so far with the English translation, and
He is able to use us with all our shortcomings at any time He
desires.
No disrespect intended. Please
do not read anything that is not there. Like Judy, I am plain
spoken. I don't know how to be any other way with out being
counterfeit.
Terry
I agree with you.
Knowledge of few Scriptures is required to effectively witness to people, but
that doesn't mean can stop with the 20 or so verses required to witness to
those who need Messiah. I choose to seek more
knowledge to straighten my walk but not necessary. I want to understand as
completely as possible, the way people thought and lived in Yeshua's time so
that I can better understand the words of Yeshua. Necessary? No. You said
yourself (and quite correctly) people have been reached without the extra
stuff. As a teacher, I need to learn the extra stuff so I can better teach
people to increase their understanding of Scripture.
As far as I know, I am plain
spoken as well. (...Or do you mean something else?)
--
slade
You are not 'plain spoken' Slade. You and Jeff use a
lot of foreign words, either Hebrew or Yiddish. What happened to becoming all
things to all men that you might win some. At least this is what Paul did and
he probably had a better education (after the flesh and this is what he calls
it) than anyone.
